[Foundation-l] Open Library, Wikisource, and cleaning and translating OCR of Classics

[David Goodman]

Yes, i think they are quite capable of doing it, & should take the
primary responsibility.  What I think they are not capable of is
extending it to every published book in the world.


David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG



On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, John Vandenberg<jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> (top-posting unravelled)
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, David Goodman<dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Pavlo Shevelo<pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:23 AM, David Goodman<dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The training is typically an apprenticeship under the senior
>>>> cataloging librarians.
>>>
>>> To my regret training/apprenticeship does not fit to "everyone
>>> can...", "be bold!" set of wikimedia slogans/motto.
>>> As to me I would stand behind (vote for) training and apprenticeship.
>>
>> Exactly. That is why Wikipedia is an inappropriate place for this
>> project. It lacks sufficient stability. I think Wikipedia should go on
>> being what it is, an almost completely open place,and projects which
>> need disciplined long term expertise should be organized separately.
>> Wikipedia is a wonderful place to do many things, but not all.
>
> The good news is that the broader Wikimedia community is not all like
> English Wikipedia, where "be bold" is often interpreted as demanding
> that the worst of anarchy be present in every situation. ;-)
>
> Commons and Wikisource are able to build a sensible metadata layer
> around their collection using plain wiki text.  We also have a project
> designed to add structure this metadata.
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicat
>
> Either way, wikisource and commons will likely figure out a way to
> have Dublin Core and MODS records for their collection in the next few
> years.
>
> --
> John Vandenberg
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>